U.S. News' Best High Schools for 2014

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For its 2014 Best High School Rankings, U.S News & World Report teamed up with the American Institutes for Research to analyze over 19,000 schools across 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The best high schools are determined by a three step process. The first two steps ensured that the schools serve all of their students well, using performance on state proficiency tests as the benchmarks. For those schools that made it past the first two steps, a third step assessed the degree to which schools prepare students for college-level work. Read the full methodology.

Below is the list of Best High Schools for 2014:

1. School for the Talented and Gifted - Dallas, TX
2. BASIS Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
3. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology - Lawrenceville, GA
4. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology - Alexandria, VA
5. BASIS Tucson - Tucson, AZ
6. Pine View School - Osprey, FL
7. University High School - Tucson, AZ
8. School of Science and Engineering Magnet - Dallas, TX
9. International Academy - Bloomfield Hills, MI
10. Oxford Academy - Cypress, CA
11. Biotechnology High School - Freehold, NJ
12. Stanton College Preparatory School - Jacksonville, FL
13. International Community School - Kirkland, WA
14. Maine School of Science & Mathematics - Limestone, ME
15. Academy of Aerospace and Engineering - Hartfort, CT
16. Academic Magnet High School - North Charleston, SC
17. International School - Bellevue, WA
18. Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School - Montgomery, AL
19. Design & Architecture Senior High - Miami, FL
20. High Technology High School - Lincroft, NJ
21. Signature School - Evansville, IN
22. Whitney High School - Cerritos, CA
23. Carnegie Vanguard High School - Houston, TX
24. International Studies Charter School - Miami, FL
25. Pacific Collegiate School - Santa Cruz, CA

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This is the list of the top 20 high schools in California based on the U.S. News rankings (national rankings in parenthesis):

1. Oxford Academy - Cypress, CA (#10)
2. Whitney High School - Cerritos, CA (#22)
3. Pacific Collegiate School - Santa Cruz, CA (#25)
4. KIPP San Jose Collegiate - San Jose, CA (#41)
5. The Preuss School - La Jolla, CA (#42)
6. American Indian Public High School - Oakland, CA (#44)
7. Lowell High School - San Francisco, cA (#50)
8. University High School - Fresno, CA (#53)
9. Hawthorne Math and Science Academy - Hawthorne, CA (#55)
10. Lennox Mathematics, Science & Technology Academy - Lennox, CA (#59)
11. KIPP King Collegiate High - San Lorenzo, CA (#67)
12. San Diego High School of International Studies - San Diego, CA (#88)
13. Monta Vista High School - Cupertino, CA (#97)
14. Canyon Crest Academy - San Diego, CA (#99)
15. California Academy Of Mathematics And Science - Carson, CA (#101)
16. Summit Preparatory High School - Redwood City, CA (#103)
17. Henry M. Gunn High School - Palo Alto, CA (#104)
18. Lynbrook High School - San Jose, CA (#109)
19. Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies - Los Angeles, CA (#112)
20. Campolindo High School - Moraga, CA (#143)

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This is the list of the top 20 high schools in New York based on the U.S. News rankings (national rankings in parenthesis):

1. The High School of American Studies at Lehman College - Bronx, NY (#32)
2. The Bronx High School of Science - Bronx, NY (#34)
3. Brooklyn Latin School - Brooklyn, NY (#35)
4. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies - New York, NY (#39)
5. Townsend Harris High School - Flushing, NY (#40)
6. Staten Island Technical High School - Staten Island, NY (#43)
7. Manhattan Bridges High School - New York, NY (#51)
8. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College (#57)
9. Edgemont Junior Senior High School - Scarsdale, NY (#58)
10. Brooklyn Technical High School - Brooklyn, NY (#60)
11. Rye High School - Rye, NY (#68)
12. Stuyvesant High School - New York, NY (#69)
13. Jericho High School - Jericho, NY (#71)
14. City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park - Buffalo, NY (#75)
15. Pittsford Sutherland High School - Pittsford, NY (#84)
16. Manhasset Secondary School - Manhasset, NY (#16)
17. Pittsford Mendon High School - Pittsford, NY (#90)
18. Eleanor Roosevelt High School - New York, NY (#94)
19. Horace Greeley High School - Chappaqua, NY (#102)
20. Yonkers Middle High School - Yonkers, NY (#105)

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